The BBC discovered that a Belgian doctor was happy to offer the procedure, gastric banding, which curbs eating, even for those who were too slim.
A lady from Bristol was given the gastric banding in Belgium and ended up not being able to swallow a thing, including liquids.
Obesity pills, obesity surgery and obesity diets: they just don't seem to be working.
Why is it so difficult to stop the nation eating so much? Smoking is on the decrease, so why isn't the other NHS biggy, obesity?
Maybe the government should ask sweets and fast food manufacturers to put shockingly nasty pictures on their packaging if it has a fat content above a threshold value.
Perhaps not as shocking as people coughing up tumours or dead bodies, just enough to put you off your food.
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